†subfamily Dichocoeniinae Vaughan and Wells 1943 (stony coral)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Parent taxon: Meandrinidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
Sister taxa: Dichocoenia, Euphylliinae, Eusmilia, Meandrina, Meandrininae, Progyrosmilia
Subtaxa: Dendrogyra Scalariogyra
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Cayman Islands (11), Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands Antilles (5), Panama (2), United States (1: Florida), Virgin Islands (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Bahamas (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (4), Iran (1), Italy (1)
Total: 34 collections including 35 occurrences